Gemini 6 and 7 astronauts share space travel banter
Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 astronauts chat aboard separate craft as they near a rendezvous over the Atlantic. Schirra and Stafford direct the talk while Borman and Lovell capture the moment with photos and jokes about beards and gum.
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Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Borman
Lovell
Schirra
Frank
Wally
Gemini 7
Bluebeard
Gemini 6 lands after historic space rendezvous
Astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford return safely from Gemini 6 mission ending a high velocity re entry over the Atlantic. They land aboard the carrier Wasp after a dramatic space rendezvous with Gemini 7, praised worldwide for advancing the U.S. moon goal.
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Schirra
Stafford
Wasp
Gemini
Pacific
Mexico
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Earth
United States
Moon
NATO Sees Chinese N-Buildup As Serious
Paris AP NATO ministers agreed to stay in close touch over Communist China's growing nuclear military strength. McNamara warned of a nuclear threat within five years with missiles by two years and intercontinental capability in ten. Rusk said NATO members view the threat as serious but offered no Viet Nam stance. Canada voiced concern over the buildup.
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Tom Ochiltree
PARIS
Atlantic Alliance
China
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Red China
Dean Rusk
NATO
U.S
Europe
Rusk
America
Viet Nam
Paul Martin
Canada
McNamara
Cyclone Devastates Dacca and Chittagong Regions
A powerful cyclone sweeping from the Bay of Bengal struck Chittagong districts and offshore Kutubdia Maheshkhali islands. Maheshkhali reportedly suffered thousands of deaths as a 12 foot tidal surge followed days of heavy rain and violent winds across the path to upper Burma.
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Dacca
Pakistan
Chittagong
Kutubdia
Maheshkhali
Bay of Bengal
Upper Burma
U S raids hit Haiphong power plant amid Viet Cong attacks
U S warplanes resumed strikes on North Viet Nam targeting the Vong Bi power plant near Haiphong and a radar site near Bac Long Island as Marines clash with Viet Cong in Death Valley. Reports say 5 percent of Hanoi’s power was knocked out and Haiphong lost a third of its power.
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Haiphong
Vong Bi
Hanoi
Vinh
U.S
Death Valley
da Nang
Rice Valley
Saigon
Chine
Bon Homme Richard
Kitty Hawk
South China Sea
Bac
Wilson appeals for U.N. support of Rhodesia policy
Prime Minister Harold Wilson urged General Assembly backing for Britain’s Rhodesia strategy as many African delegations staged a walkout. He ruled out force or an oil embargo and pledged to pursue constitutional rule in Rhodesia through negotiation with representatives of the Rhodesian people. Wilson planned talks with President Johnson in Washington on Rhodesia and Vietnam.
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Kraft
John Glenn
Glenn
Earth
Globe
Johnson
Washington
Tass
United Nations, N.Y
Harold Wilson
General Assembly
Britain
Wilson
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Beahlf
Assembly
Lyndon B. Johnson
Viet Nam
Red China
New York
Kennedy
U.N. Security Council
Organization of African Unity
Tanzania
Guinea
Ghana
U.N
Smith
U.S
John F. Kennedy International
Hanoi
UPI
Tiny vandals wreck Charlotte home in Christmas spree
Police arrested three boys ages 4 5 and 6 after a Charlotte residence was wrecked during a Christmas vandalism spree. The home had a smashed tree torn presents slashed furniture overturned and floods from turned on faucets. Eggs splattered walls and ceilings.
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Charlotte
N.C
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Atlantic Ocean
Brazil
Soviet Union
Walter Shirra
Thomas Stafford
James Lovell
Wally Schirra
Space
AP Aerospace
RSS
Sick Bay
Schir‘ra
Bermuda
People’s Republic of China
South West Nam
Oor
By Thomas A. Reedy
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Nha Be
Greg Vot
Nam Nanh
Vung Tau
Mekong River
Long Thanh
My Trang
525Th Army
Max Harrelson
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